Design home page

[robertjmccarthy]

What

Design or wireframe (at whatever fidelity that's appropriate) a new home page. Part of this work will be to identify what the home page should include.

This should include working with developer and accessibility colleagues.

As there is other work requiring user input via research and testing, and with the aim to not overload users, an approach to this work can be led by using quant data (i.e. google analytics) to inform decisions, as well as for this work to be assumption led. Other work within this epic will include ongoing review of quant data to infom iterative changes to the home page.

Why

The home page could work a lot harder to (a) signpost users to different areas of the website they need access to, and (b) be utilised as a way for the DS team to promote key areas of the website.

Who needs to be involved

• Interaction Designer
• Content Designer
• Developer
• Accessibility specialist

Done

When a design for the home page is ready for build.

[murrlipp]

The homepage design was reviewed by the team today.

Discussion notes:

• What's new and roadmap could be closer tied together. @robertjmccarthy has been looking at this as part of adding the roadmap to the site (Adding roadmap #1111).
• Rather than illustrations it might be nice to see pictures of people.
• Could the 'stay up to date' section go into the 'community' section?
• This work is mostly assumptions and analytics informed, but going forward we should measure and review regularly to ensure the home page does not become stale or outdated.
• 'Community' heading meaning is ambiguous.
• 'Using the design system' should maybe delineate design, prototyping and production to ensure people don't skip it thinking it's just about prototyping.
• Use of images should be sparing.
• We will need to create a card component, considering accessibility among other things.

Next steps:

• Refine based on comments above.
• Provide a wireframe design to @mattnixon1 and @GrahamBaird1 for testing W/C 3rd Feb.

[murrlipp]

Adjustments made based on the above comments. @mattnixon1 the visual designs with placeholder content can be found here.

@helennickols will write new content by the middle of W/C 27th Jan.

[murrlipp]

@Whersi as per #1071, we could either keep this ticket open until the next cycle, or close it and create a new ticket for building the page.

[Whersi]

We’ll keep this ticket open until the content is completed. Further tickets will be created to expand this epic once ahead of the team planning session next week.

[robertjmccarthy]

FYI @Whersi and @murrlipp - We have a couple of tickets as part of the epic already for build and for tracking with analytics.

Feel free to add to the epic as needed.

[helennickols]

Adding my name to this as I'll be doing the content for Wednes

[helennickols]

Content complete (for testing). https://www.figma.com/design/CpTvAGL8rct5ugC8KWuXLz/Playground?node-id=5089-4919&t=V7B0ZRBoOlBsUifp-0
@Whersi I believe this one can go to done now. Do you agree? We need another card for the build but that may have been written.